LCP Chemical Site Monitoring Study

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION and OBJECTIVES

2.0 METHODS

2.1 Overview

2.2 Sampling Methods

2.2.1 Water Collection

2.2.2 Sediment Collection

2.2.3 Fundulus Collection

2.2.4 Fiddler Crab Collection

2.2.5 Resident Oyster Collection

2.2.6 Caged Oysters

2.3 Chemical Analysis and Quality Assurance

2.4 Data Analysis

2.4.1 Patterns in Contaminant Concentrations

2.4.2 Oyster Survival and Growth

2.4.3 Correlations

2.4.4 Temperature

3.0 RESULTS

3.1 Data Quality Review

3.2 Water

3.2.1 Mercury

3.2.2 Aroclor 1268

3.2.3 Lead

3.3 Sediment

3.3.1 Mercury

3.3.2 Aroclor 1268

3.3.3 Lead

3.4 Fish

3.4.1 Mercury

3.4.2 Aroclor 1268

3.4.3 Lead

3.5 Fiddler Crab

3.5.1 Mercury

3.5.2 Aroclor 1268

3.5.3 Lead

3.6 Resident Oysters

3.6.1 Mercury

3.6.2 Aroclor 1268

3.6.3 Lead

3.7 Transplanted Oysters

3.7.1 Mercury

3.7.2 Aroclor 1268

3.7.3 Lead

3.7.4 Comparison with resident oysters

4.0 DISCUSSION

5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6.0 REFERENCES

Appendix A Statistical Comparisons and Correlations

A.1 Statistical Comparisons between Site Stations

A.1.1 Sediment Statistical Comparisons

A.1.1.1 Mercury

A.1.1.2 Aroclor 1268

A.1.1.3 Lead

A.1.2 Fish

A.1.2.1 Mercury

A.1.2.2 Aroclor 1268

A.1.2.3 Lead

A.1.3 Crabs

A.1.3.1 Mercury

A.1.3.2 Aroclor 1268

A.1.3.3 Lead

A.1.4 Transplanted Oysters

A.1.4.1 Mercury

A.1.4.2 Aroclor 1268

A.1.4.3 Lead

A.2 Correlations between Parameters

A.2.1 Sediment

A.2.2 Fish

A.2.3 Crabs

A.2.4 Resident Oysters

A.2.5 Transplanted Oysters

Appendix B

B.1 Survival

B.2 Wet Animal Whole Weight

B.3 End of Test Tissue Weight

B.4 Lipids

B.5 Water Content

B.6 Temperature

B.6.1 Differences in Average Daily Temperatures

B.6.1Weekly Temperature Ranges